Atharva Veda 5.13.10: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 10

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ता॒बुवं॒ न ता॒बुवं॒ न घेत् त्वम॑सि ता॒बुव॑म्। ता॒बुवे॑नार॒सं वि॒षम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.13.10

IAST Transliteration

tābúvaṃ ná tābúvaṃ ná ghet tvám asi tābúvam | tābúvenārásaṃ viṣám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Tābuvam’—not ‘tābuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tābuvam. By the Tābuvam (make) the poison sapless.

Translation

«Tābuvam»—não «tābuvam»; que não se apodere: tu és o Tābuvam. Pelo Tābuvam, (torna) o veneno sem seiva.

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Word by Word

• ता॒बुवम्: (the) tābuva (name of a plant/charm-substance)
• ता॒बुवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ता॒बुवम्: (the) tābuva
• ता॒बुवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• घेत्: let (it) not seize/take
• घेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: घा/घे (धातु; ‘ग्रहण/आदान’ अर्थे) — वैदिक रूप

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ता॒बुवम्: (the) tābuva
• ता॒बुवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ता॒बुवे॑न: with/by means of tābuva
• ता॒बुवे॑न: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर॒सम्: tasteless; sapless
• अर॒सम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• वि॒षम्: poison
• वि॒षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Protective counter-agent (tābuvam) as operative power; viṣa as adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta